Pam Marshall's notes about composing music, teaching, improvising, music software, nature


Author: PamelaM

  • Graphic scores for improvising

    Graphic scores are guides for musical improvisation. These visual scores may not have any standard musical notation. There may be text directions to help you interpret the imagery — these directions may be specific or general.   Music exists in time. So, how do you mix the time basis of music with an image that you see…

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  • Listening: Zwilich

    Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Symphony No. 2, “Cello”played by the Louisville Orchestra, conducted by Lawrence Leighton Smith on First Edition Heard via Naxos Music Library (Naxos ID FECD-0004)

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  • Naxos Music Library via IMSLP

    If you become a subscribing member to IMSLP Petrucci Music Library for only $22, you get access to Naxos Music Library, a wonderfully comprehensive collection of classical-music recordings, from most of the standard record labels. I subscribed as a regular Naxos member for several years for $150/year and I thought it was well worth it. (2018…

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  • Revamped Spindrift Music Store

    Spindrift Music Store has a complete overhaul. Here are the new features…

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  • Carlisle Chamber Orchestra May 6, 2016

    Come hear the great group finish our second season tonight! I’ll be in the horn section. Carlisle Chamber Orchestra Friday May 6, 2016 8pm Carlisle Congregational Church 147 School St, Carlisle, MA Program Faure – Masques et Bergamasques Saint Saens – Piano Concerto No. 2 with Kadar Qian, Pianist, winner of Boston Pops and Boston Civic Young Artist…

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